tones of home
daily dos
mon 4/6/2009
- Los Pikadientes de Caborca describe their "overnight" success to the New York Times: "We have to be honest; we wouldn’t exist without cellphones and ring tones."
- Venezuela President Hugo Chávez says he's willing to "reset" the South American country's relations with the U.S.
- Defense Secretary Robert Gates outlined a military spending budget that will focus on intelligence, personnel and special operations while cutting the production of expensive aircraft like the $140 million F-22 fighter jet.
- The dead mouse mouse. (via Buzzfeed)
- Rick Ross takes aim at G-Unit in a diss track, "Crack a Bottle," but makes sure to give a shout out to 50 Cent associate Eminem.
- Hardee's 1,420-calorie Monster Thickburger, which contains as many calories as six McDonald’s hamburgers, is one of MSNBC's 19 worst drive-thru foods in America.
- Selena Gomez denied rumors that she's dating 25-year-old Jonathan Cook of the band Forever the Sickest Kids: "I love how just because I’m friends with someone, I’m dating them."